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Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..

Abduction :: Abduction (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable..

Bare :: Bare (a.) Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority..

Mayor :: Mayor (n.) The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.

Natural :: Natural (a.) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major..

Maggiore :: Maggiore (a.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major..

Ditone :: Ditone (n.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone)..

Majoration :: Majoration (n.) Increase; enlargement.

Majorate :: Majorate (a.) To augment; to increase.

Majority :: Majority (n.) The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast..

Epichirema :: Epichirema (n.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner..

Vote :: Vote (n.) Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence..

Tierce-major :: Tierce-major (n.) See Tierce, 4..

Majorate :: Majorate (n.) The office or rank of a major.

Majorcan :: Majorcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Majorca.

Septentrio :: Septentrio (n.) The constellation Ursa Major.

Aid-major :: Aid-major (n.) The adjutant of a regiment.

Sweepings :: Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation..

Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre..

Majority :: Majority (n.) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs..

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